PbS quantum-dot doped glasses as saturable absorbers for mode locking of a Cr:forsterite laser

P. T. Guerreiro, S. Ten, N. F. Borrelli, J. Butty, G. E. Jabbour, N. Peyghambarian

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Abstract

Quantum confined nanocrystals of PbS in glass were used as intracavity saturable absorbers to obtain passive continuous-wave mode locking in a Cr:forsterite laser. We obtained near transformed-limited 4.6 ps laser pulses at 110 MHz repetition rate, and a wide tunability range of 1207-1307 nm. The absorption saturation intensity of the quantum-dot PbS doped glasses was measured to be 0.2 MW/cm2.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1595-1597
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume71
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 22 1997

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  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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